Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-16
SUDDEN DEATHS.
Daniel Jewell, Young Negro, Hanged
in the st. Louis Jail Yard
for Wife Murder.
Ben Brown DIss at Nashville Protesting
that He Did Not XIII Old UncIe
Frank Arnold.
DANIEL JEWELL.


ell, the wife murderer, was hanged in the
jail yard here at GAO this morning
About forty persons were present. He
was awakened at 3 O'clock, and after
partaking of g light breakfast, he was
visited by Father Tehen. At $3.50 Sheriff
Harrington read the death warrant at the
door of JEWELS cell. The prisoners
arms were pinioned and the march to the
scaffold commenced. The mournful
procession passed into the Jail
yard where stood the horrible
death instrument. Jewell turned
his eyes down and appeared to be deeply
engaged with his confession. An old
Icracker box was placed on the trap in
order to give the poor wretch greater
fall. He mounted this and his legs were
pinioned by Deputy Sheriff Bunnan.
Deputy Foslin put the black cap upon his
head and Humphreys adjusted the rope.
Sheehan cut the rope, the trap fell, a few
struggles and Jewell was dead. The body
was cut down at 6:52.
The crime for which Jewell was
executed was the killing of
his wife, Ellen, or rather the infiicting of
wound from which she died four months
afterwards. The pair did not live happily
together, and the woman finally refused
to live longer with her husband. Some
time after the separation Jewell called on
Ellen, and during the interview he at
tackled her with q knife but failed to cut
her. He then threatened to kill her, and
OIL December 81, 1884, he went to her
mothers house where she was stopping
and shot her, but did not kill her out
right. She fingered until April %, 1885,
when she died. Jewell was tried and
convicted October I6 last. His case went
to the Supreme court on appeal and was
affirmed, and his execution was fixed for
February Is. At that time he was very
i'll with pneumOni., and Governor Mar
maduke respited him until to-day.
PAID THE PENALTY.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 15.-Ben
Brown was hanged at II :27 this morning
for the murder of Frank Arnold. He died
protesting his innocence. The murder Of
Frank Arnold was one of the most delib-
crate, cold blOOded affairs that had ever
been cOnCOCteG and carried out in this
state. Bill Brown turned states evidence
and told the following story of the crime:
"Mondsy night Ben Brown, Nelson and
Foster Joslir, and Simon Fox were over
close to old man Frank ArnOld's home
and Ben went iu, shortly afterWard re
turning with the old man and his dog.
All went down lane and across the
railroad, Uncle Frank walking between
Ben and Nelson Joslin. When
they reached a thicket Simon Fox
walking in front carrying a gun, fired at
Uncle Frank, but he did not fall; only
turned round. As he did so, Ben hit him
on the head with an iron bar. After a
short struggle Frank fell, having been
stabbed by one of the others. The wit
ness claimed he was hired to watch. He
told how the old mans body was picked
up and carried down in the pasture, where
a grave was dug. Before being lowered
into the hole, the victim groaned, when Ben
struck him another blow on the head
with the iron bar. The following night
the body was removed to a stable,
disseCted, loaded on q wagon aud brought
to this city. Simon Fox died this week
in the penitenti,rY. The others are still
in Jail awaiting trial.